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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Date: Sun 01.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Bruno Nespoli (8000 seats)

The visiting Monza side should be favourites in this visit to Olbia, as the away team holds a 28 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Olbia form and stats

With 1 Serie C: Girone A win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Olbia are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Olbia who hasn’t won a game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Giana Erminio, 91 days ago.

The fans are hoping that Olbia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Serie C: Girone A game against Pergolettese (placed 18th). Preceding that match was the home game against Novara that was lost 1-2.

Olbia have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Olbia have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Monza form and stats

Monza, who have the most scored goals (29) in Serie C: Girone A, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 22 points collected from 8 Serie C: Girone A games. 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Things are running smoothly for Monza who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Robur Siena. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the AlbinoLeffe game have they lost an away game, meaning Monza has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

251 minutes! That's how long the Monza goalkeeper Alex Valentini and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Monza won their last game, 2-0 versus Alessandria played at home. Prior to that result Monza won their away game at Pistoiese. The scoreline was 1-0.

The Monza manager C. Brocchi has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. Monza are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Olbia, 0 draws and 1 win for Monza. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.

Top Goalscorers

MonzaA. D'Errico
A. D'Errico
10 goals

Olbia missing players

Monza missing players

Olbia Monza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 4 8 16
2 1 0 Won W 3 7 12
5 3 0 Drew D 1 1 3
9 3 1 Lost L 0 0 1
16 6 1 Scored S 10 18 29
29 10 2 Conceded C 2 3 9
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 69%
62% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 38%
19% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 25%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 6%
69% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 31%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 62% 62%
31% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
3.6 3.4 4 Corners For (avg) C F 8.5 7.1 8.8
5.2 3 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.2 3.3
2.4 2.3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.1
4 3 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
104 47 7 Total Shots T S 67 118 244
40 17 3 Shots on Target S O 22 45 89
35% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 40% 33%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Monza has the fewest conceded goals (9)
  • Monza has the most clean sheets (10)
  • Monza has the most points (22) away
  • Monza has the most scored goals (18) away
  • Monza has the most scored goals (29)
  • Monza has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
  • Monza has the most scored goals in the second half (16)
  • Monza has the the best goal difference (+15) away
  • Monza has the the best goal difference (+20)
  • Monza have created more than twice as many corners as Olbia.
  • Monza have not yet lost a game away.
  • Monza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Monza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Monza have scored at least twice as many goals away as Olbia have scored home.
  • Monza have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Monza have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Monza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Monza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Monza is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Olbia has the most matches over the total-line (10)
  • Olbia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Olbia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Olbia is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monza 16 12 3 1 29 9 8 5 2 1 11 6 8 7 1 0 18 3 20 39
2 Renate 16 7 7 2 23 10 8 4 4 0 13 3 8 3 3 2 10 7 13 28
3 Pontedera 15 8 4 3 22 18 7 5 2 0 13 7 8 3 2 3 9 11 4 28
4 Robur Siena 16 7 4 5 19 15 9 1 3 5 8 12 7 6 1 0 11 3 4 25
5 Novara 16 7 4 5 17 14 8 5 2 1 10 3 8 2 2 4 7 11 3 25
6 Carrarese 16 6 6 4 25 20 7 4 2 1 14 8 9 2 4 3 11 12 5 24
7 Alessandria 15 6 6 3 19 14 7 3 3 1 10 6 8 3 3 2 9 8 5 24
8 Pro Vercelli 16 5 7 4 17 15 8 2 4 2 8 7 8 3 3 2 9 8 2 22
9 AlbinoLeffe 16 6 4 6 15 13 8 4 3 1 10 4 8 2 1 5 5 9 2 22
10 Como 16 5 6 5 19 16 8 3 3 2 8 6 8 2 3 3 11 10 3 21
11 Arezzo 16 5 6 5 21 20 9 5 1 3 15 12 7 0 5 2 6 8 1 21
12 Pistoiese 16 4 8 4 17 15 8 2 4 2 7 7 8 2 4 2 10 8 2 20
13 Pro Patria 16 4 8 4 18 18 8 2 4 2 9 8 8 2 4 2 9 10 0 20
14 Juventus U23 14 5 5 4 16 19 7 2 2 3 9 13 7 3 3 1 7 6 -3 20
15 Pianese 16 4 5 7 16 19 8 2 3 3 8 10 8 2 2 4 8 9 -3 17
16 Gozzano 15 2 9 4 16 20 8 1 5 2 9 10 7 1 4 2 7 10 -4 15
17 Lecco 15 3 3 9 11 25 8 1 2 5 5 14 7 2 1 4 6 11 -14 12
18 Pergolettese 16 2 5 9 9 20 8 2 1 5 7 10 8 0 4 4 2 10 -11 11
19 Olbia 16 2 5 9 16 29 7 1 3 3 6 10 9 1 2 6 10 19 -13 11
20 Giana Erminio 16 1 7 8 13 29 8 1 3 4 7 15 8 0 4 4 6 14 -16 10

Read more about Serie C: Girone A

Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.